The first quarter of 2024 saw new highs in global stock markets, despite the backdrop of higher-for-longer interest rates. Initially fueled by expectations of aggressive rate cuts this year, investors saw robust gains in the US stock market, as economic data continued to surprise on the upside. The S&P 500
Sellwood’s 2024 Capital Market Assumptions represent our best current thinking about future returns. They are the essential building blocks of the asset allocation work we perform for clients.
In the 1960 film, "The Magnificent Seven," an undersized group of seven gunfighters gallantly fought to liberate a small village from a gang of marauding bandits. As the movie's advertising poster proclaimed, "they fought like seven hundred."
Pessimistic forecasts and a dour economic outlook set the stage for an unexpected stock bull market boom in 2023. Just over a year ago, Chairman Jerome Powell cautioned that “it is likely that restoring price stability will require holding policy at a restrictive level for some time. History cautions strongly
In the spirit of the Holiday Season, Sellwood has made a financial contribution to the Oregon Humane Society, where five of Sellwood’s staff members have adopted members of their families. The Oregon Humane Society recently celebrated a record 10,000th pet adoption in this calendar year. OHS offers a wide variety
